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GREEN OPPORTUNITIESA bottom-up approach to green economic
development and community transformation
Dan Leroy and Torin KexelDecember 5, 2009
(828) 398-4158www.greenopportunities.org
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What is GO?
• An emerging nonprofit organization
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What is GO?
• An emerging nonprofit organization
• Mission: To build a strong and just green economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises.
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What is GO?
• An emerging nonprofit organization• Mission: To build a strong and just green
economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises.
• Two primary programs: – Asheville Green Opportunities Training Team– GO Energy Team
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What is GO?
• An emerging nonprofit organization• Mission: To build a strong and just green
economy in WNC from the bottom up through green collar job training, community education and green microenterprises.
• Two primary programs: – Asheville Green Opportunities Training Team– GO Energy Team
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Asheville GO
• Green collar job training and placement
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Asheville GO
• Green collar job training and placement
• Target Audience: Disconnected Youth and Young Adults– 16-24 year olds– No job– Not in school– Low-income households– Barriers to employment
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Asheville GO
• Green collar job training and placement• Target Audience: Disconnected Youth and
Young Adults– 16-24 year olds– No job– Not in school– Low-income households– Barriers to employment
• West Riverside Weed and Seed District
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Service-Learning
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Life Skills
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Community College
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Case Management
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Apprenticeship
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Living wage, green collar employment
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Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB TRAINING)
Living wage, green collar employment
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Life Skills Training
Case Management
Service Learning Projects
Background Knowledge
Academic SupportPhase 1:Pre- Apprenticeship
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Life Skills Training
Case Management
Service Learning Projects
Background Knowledge
Academic SupportPhase 1:Pre- Apprenticeship
Phase 2:Apprenticeship Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB
TRAINING)
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Life Skills Training
Case Management
Service Learning Projects
Background Knowledge
Academic SupportPhase 1:Pre- Apprenticeship
Phase 2:Apprenticeship Apprenticeship (ON THE JOB
TRAINING)
Living wage, green collar employment
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GO Energy Team
• Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers
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GO Energy Team
• Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers
• Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members
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GO Energy Team
• Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers
• Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members
• Reduce energy consumption
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GO Energy Team
• Training and employment opportunities for target audience in Energy Efficiency careers
• Provide low-cost (or free) energy audits and weatherization services to community members
• Reduce energy consumption• Financial benefits in the form of cost-
savings on utilities
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Future Directions
• More microenterprises– Ecological restoration and Native landscaping– Sustainable food production– Solar hot water– Green “labor-ready”– Manufacturing
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Future Directions
• More microenterprises– Ecological restoration and Native landscaping– Sustainable food production– Solar hot water– Green “labor-ready”– Manufacturing
• Youth education programs
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Future Directions
• More microenterprises– Ecological restoration and Native landscaping– Sustainable food production– Solar hot water– Green “labor-ready”– Manufacturing
• Youth education programs
• Green Opportunities Center
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Partnerships
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Business PartnersAllegra PrintingBoBo GalleryCharlotte Street ComputersConservation ProsEarth FareFirmWorksFLS EnergyThe Green SageLiving Roofs, Inc.Little Mountain BuildersProgress EnergyRosetta’s KitchenSecond GearSperry Van Ness SmartBuildersSundance Power SystemsThePermaWebWinter GreenWNC Energy
Funding PartnersCommunity Foundation of Western North CarolinaConservation FundFord FoundationPigeon River FundProgress EnergyRolander Family FoundationUS Department of EducationUS Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUS Department of JusticeZ. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Community PartnersARP PhoenixAsheville TAASCMount Carmel Baptist ChurchThe Phil Mechanic Building
68 Partners in 16 Months of Operation
Strategic PartnersAshevillage Institute
Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville Design Center
Asheville High School
Asheville TAASC
Buncombe County Gang Violence Prevention Project
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy
City of Asheville
Clean Air Community Trust
Clean Water for North Carolina
Community Action Opportunities
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Land of Sky Regional Council
The Mediation Center
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board
Mountain Housing Opportunities
On-Track Financial Education
Randolph Learning Center
University of North Carolina, Asheville
Warren Wilson College
Western North Carolina Green Building Council
West Riverside Weed and Seed District
Project PartnersArtisan Builders Collective
Bountiful Cities Project
Burton Street Community Peace Garden
Community Action Opportunities
French Broad Watershed Training Center
Habitat for Humanity, Asheville Chapter
Long Branch Environmental Education Center
Nauhaus Institute
Pisgah View Community Peace Garden
RiverLink
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
The Red Cross, Asheville Chapter
Town of Black Mountain
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GREEN OPPORTUNITIESA bottom-up approach to green economic
development and community transformation
Dan Leroy and Torin KexelDecember 5, 2009
(828) 398-4158www.greenopportunities.org